Thesis statements and topic sentences help organize the ideas in an essay. Academic writers are expected to use thesis statements and topic sentences. Academic essays are often organized using the following pattern: Introduction—the first paragraph of the essay. The thesis statement is usually the last sentence of the introductory paragraph. Body paragraphs—the paragraphs. Each of these body paragraphs usually begins with a topic sentence. Last paragraph—Called the conclusion or concluding
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Technique Lesson: Sentence Variety Hacker 117 - 119 When a rough draft is filled with too many same-sounding sentences‚ try to inject some variety – as long as you can do so without sacrificing clarity or ease of reading. Grammar checkers are of little help with sentence variety. It takes a human ear to know when and why sentence variety is needed. 1. Use a variety of sentence structures: • A writer should not rely too heavily on simple sentences and compound sentences‚ for the effect
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uniform‚ gun‚ a canteen‚ a cartridge box‚ knife‚ and a knapsack. They may have gotten some other weapons of some sort but that was mostly it. They didn’t have many weapons to use because even the guns they used were fairly new to them. In a book called Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War the author writes‚ “It voted to give each private $7 a month in state pay‚ in addition to the $13 offered by the federal government” (Coffin). In today’s currency he earned about $192.35 a month with the addition of
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video called Kanzi and Novel Sentences it is clear that Kanzi does understand what is being asked of him. He is able to follow commands that are said by his trainer‚ which demonstrates an ability to comprehend language as seen within the video. The reasoning why this video can be used as evidence that Kanzi does comprehend language is the fact the trainer is saying new or novel sentences. Meaning that Kanzi has never heard these words put together in those sentences. Kanzi is able to take the action
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Soldier Sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for a 2009 shooting in Fort Hood‚ Texas. A death sentence for an army personal hardly ever happens. Maj. Nidal Hasan walked into a medical building where army soldiers were getting medical check-ups and shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ which means in Arabic for “God is great!.” He then opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. He killed thirteen army men and women that day and injured over 30. When police
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The Rotter Incomplete Sentences Black (RISB) is a projective method of studying personality in a semi-structured scoring technique (Rotter‚ Lah‚ & Rafferty‚ n.d.). The RISB was originally used as means of screening large groups of soldiers to evaluate adjustment and fitness to return to duty and to obtain specific information for evaluation and treatment‚ however now it is primarily used to help guide initial clinical interviews (Corsini‚ 2010). The RISB is primarily used for individuals at the college
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Villena‚ Carolina A. January 23‚ 2006 KC03500055 / BSCS 3 – LITR01F1 Ms. Mary Grace Mendoza A JOURNEY IN MY FULL MOON This is my story where I deeply in love with a person who never loved me and I tried to get out of my mind but‚ having a first love was very complicated to refuse. And falling in love too early without maturity was my biggest mistake. My heart beats when I was a Grade 6 student where our seating arrangement began and I met a guy who became my seatmate… his name
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STUDY GUIDE EMRM5103 Project Risk Management CENTRE FOR GRADUATE STUDIES STUDY GUIDE EMRM5103 Project Risk Management Writer: John Rudolph Raj Developed by: Centre for Instructional Design and Technology Open University Malaysia First Edition‚ August 2012 Copyright © Open University Malaysia (OUM) All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the President‚ Open University Malaysia. 1 STUDY
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ANTIGONE by Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.) translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald ANTIGONE by Sophocles Characters Antigone‚ daughter of Oedipus Ismene‚ daughter of Oedipus Eurydice‚ wife of Creon Creon‚ King of Thebes Haimon‚ son of Creon Teiresias‚ A blind seer Sentry Messenger Priest (Choragos) Chorus Scene: Before the palace of Creon‚ King of Thebes. A central double door‚ and two lateral doors. A platform extends the length of the façade‚ and from this platform
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1. Identify some of the challenges that Chris Gardner faced when trying to sell his bone density scanners. There are many challenges that Chris Gardner faces selling the bone density scanners. The scanner represents many things to Chris. Firstly it represents money. Chris’ challenge is to sell his scanners to help fund his and his son’s life whilst he is completing his intership at Dean Witter. Secondly‚ the scanners represent a burden for Chris. They symbolise the challenges he had to ovecome
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